Worried that your garden is going to suffer in heatwaves this summer? Follow these tips to protect your plants and keep your ...

If your tomato plants aren't looking healthy as you were expecting, you might be making one of these five common errors. We ...

1. Setting up a compost bin The size of your composting bin, the mix of ingredients and frequency of turning all help determine the quality of your compost. Home-made compost heaps should be at least ...

Zen gardens provide places for contemplation and relaxation in the whirl of busy modern life. They emerged as spaces for meditation around the fourteenth century in Japan. In Zen Buddhist temples of ...

Make sure you plant for every season – not just spring and summer. Consider using evergreens, trees with good autumn colour and fruits, spring bulbs, and winter-flowering shrubs and climbers.

How do you recreate a Mediterranean garden design? Mediterranean gardens often have shaded seating areas with plants in terracotta pots, surrounded by drifts of fragrant herbs. Water features are ...

The most common problem for keeping office plants healthy, though, is lack of time. Do people in your office have time to water plants regularly or mist them if they need high levels of humidity? It's ...

Other names for the goji plant are Chinese box thorn, wolfberry, and the Duke of Argyll’s tea plant. The third Duke of Argyll was a keen collector of exotic plants and received a specimen of goji ...

How to design a potager garden There are no rigid rules as to what makes a potager garden. Potager garden designs can incorporate design elements such as seating, a water feature, vertical features ...

To replace a lawn with thyme, first remove all the grass by stripping off the top layer of grass and soil, then cultivate the ground to ensure it's weed-free. Thyme is shallow rooting so just ...

When top dressing, usually aim to apply around 2-4kg of lawn dressing per square metre, or up to 6kg if the lawn needs a heavy dressing. The amount needed will vary depending on whether there are ...

When choosing a house plant for your bathroom, it's important to consider the specific conditions of the room. Not all bathrooms are the same in terms of size, shape, temperature, light and humidity ...